Louise Bourgeois: The Early Work

by Josef Helfenstein

Complex and highly idiosyncratic, the work of Louise Bourgeois enthralls audiences throughout the world. Beginning in the 1940s, shortly after arriving in New York City, Bourgeois produced her first mature, highly original paintings, drawings, and sculptures. While most of her contemporaries were drawn toward pure abstraction, the work of Louise Bourgeois entered the realm of the psychological and symbolic. Themes already evident in these early works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295982489
• ISBN13: 9780295982489
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.2"